Editing Ansible

[[wikipedia:Ansible (software)]] ([[2012]], [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=Ansible Google Trends]) is software for automate task, you can automates software provisioning, [[configuration management]], application deployment and general orchestration, ansible design is based on [[modules]], execute <code>[[ansible-doc]] -l</code> to view your available modules or check list of official modules in the documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/modules_by_category.html.

* macOS: <code>[[brew install ansible]]</code>

* [[Ubuntu]] (latest version): <code>sudo [[apt update]] && sudo apt install [[software-properties-common]] && sudo [[apt-add-repository]] -y [[ppa]]:ansible/ansible && sudo apt update && sudo [[apt install]] ansible -y</code><ref>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-ansible-on-ubuntu-18-04</ref>

Ansible '''binaries''':

[[/usr/bin/ansible]]

/usr/bin/[[ansible-playbook]]

[[/usr/bin/ansible-config]]                           View, edit, and manage ansible configuration.

/usr/bin/ansible-console                          REPL console for executing Ansible tasks

/usr/bin/[[ansible-galaxy]]                      Command to manage Ansible roles in shared repositories, the default of which is Ansible Galaxy https://galaxy.ansible.com

/usr/bin/[[ansible-pull]]                             Pulls playbooks from a VCS repo and executes them for the local host         

/usr/bin/[[ansible-doc]]                             Displays information on modules installed in Ansible libraries

/usr/bin/[[ansible-inventory]]                       Used to display or dump the configured inventory as Ansible sees it

/usr/bin/[[ansible-connection]]                       -

/usr/bin/[[ansible-vault]]                           Encryption/decryption utility for Ansible data files

* <code>[[/etc/ansible/hosts]]</code><ref>http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_inventory.html</ref>, text configuration file for managed nodes, or ''[[inventory]]'' in Ansible terminology, in [[INI]] or [[YAML]] format.

* <code>/[[etc/ansible/ansible.cfg]]</code><ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_configuration.html</ref><ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#ansible-configuration-settings</ref> general configuration file.

:: <code>[[ansible HOSTNAME -m ping]]</code> (<code>-m</code> parameter stands for module)<ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/ping_module.html</ref>

* Execute commands on a machine, using [[shell]] [[module]]:  

* List available [[Ansible modules|modules]]:  

:: <code>[[ansible-doc -l]]</code>

[[Ansible Galaxy (Roles)]]

Configuration of ansible is done in <code>[[/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg]]</code>, you can tune some configurations. Check official documentation <ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#ansible-configuration-settings-locations</ref> or some example configuration file.<ref>https://github.com/opentable/ansible-examples/blob/master/ansible.cfg</ref>.

#![[/usr/bin/env]] [[ansible-playbook]] --ask-become-pass

- hosts: REMOTE_SERVER

  become: yes

  tasks:

  - user:

      name: USERNAME

      [[shell:]] /bin/bash

      groups: sudo  

      append: yes

      password_lock: yes

  - [[authorized_key:]]

      user: USERNAME

      state: present

      key: "{{ lookup('file', '/home/USERNAME/.ssh/id_ed25519_USERNAME.pub') }}"

See also: [[Create a new user in a group of servers and provided ssh access using its public ssh key]]

# Create your first [[playbook]]s:

## [[Create a new user in a group of servers and provided ssh access using its public ssh key]]

## [[Configure user to be able to use sudo with no password]]

## [[Add a repository]] (<code>apt_repository</code> [[module]])

## [[Use loops in task]]

# [[Install and configure sysstat using Ansible]]

# [[Modify Ansible configuration to reuse ssh connections]]

# Read about Ansible [[Roles]] (similar to modules in [[puppet]] and cookbooks in [[Chef]]): https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux-academy/ansible-roles-explained/: <code>[[ansible-galaxy]] init <ROLE_NAME></code>

# Read about Reusable Playbooks: Dynamic vs. Static and Tradeoffs and Pitfalls Between [[include]]s and imports <ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_reuse.html?extIdCarryOver=true&sc_cid=701f2000001OH7YAAW#differences-between-static-and-dynamic</ref>

# Use Ansible [[ovirt-RHV module]] (ovirt_vm) to create KVM virtual machines<ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/ovirt_vm_module.html#ovirt-vm-module</ref>

* [[Playbooks]], [[Modules]], [[Blocks]]<ref>https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_blocks.html#playbooks-blocks</ref> (since 2016) and [[Roles]]